Maura Higgins 'gave away' her BFF Molly-Mae's baby name YEARS AGO
In a cryptic post!
Following months of fan theories as to what Love Island 2019 runners-up Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury would call their first born baby, the loved-up couple finally introduced their baby girl to the world as Bambi, after Mol gave birth on 23rd January.
Taking to Instagram to reveal her baby girl's cute name, the 23-year-old shared a photo of Bambi chilling in her cot, with a neon light behind her which read 'Bambi'.
However, despite theories for names like Cloud and Halo throughout Molly-Mae's pregnancy, it seems her Love Island bestie Maura Higgins actually gave away her name choice two years ago, in a very cryptic post for Molly's birthday!
Here us out....
So, after announcing her pregnancy last year, Molly-Mae confessed to fans she'd already picked a name out for her daughter, admitting: "Yes, we do have a baby girl name picked out, I've had the name picked out since I was a baby girl myself.
"It's always been a dream baby girl name and luckily when I met Tommy and I told him the name I've always dreamt of using, he absolutely loved it too. It's a really really unusual and a different name, I do not know anybody else with the name."
If you cast your minds back to May 2021, when Molly-Mae celebrated her 21st birthday, Maura gifted her BFF with a cute Disney mug featuring both Bambi and Thumper, with the Irish beauty writing the cryptic caption of: 'Only real ones know why this is special', at the time.
Eek! Did Maura know Molly-Mae's choice this whole time? 👀
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After YouTuber Jake Paul seemingly announced the birth of baby Fury, ahead of his boxing fight with Tommy, Molly-Mae and Tommy confirmed their happy news themselves on social media.
Posting the news one week after Molly-Mae gave birth, the couple simple wrote: '23/01/23🤍'.
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